Chapter 13: Danger

The morning after Harry and Remus had their date they were awakened by an owl tapping on the window. Harry let the owl in with a wave of his wand and it dropped a note on the bed before leaving the same way it had come. Out of habit Harry checked the parchment for spells and finding none he opened it. The note was from one of the administrators at the Arrows. It said that Harry needed to report immediately to the stadium.

"I wonder what they could possibly need me for right now?" Harry asked. He couldn't help but wonder if he had missed a team meeting or something.

"You'd better hurry up and go. I'd hate for you to get in trouble, " said Remus with a smile.

Harry nodded. "Do you want to come with me? Sirius must have already left for work by now."

Remus shook his head and fell back down on the soft pillows. "Nope, it's business. I'm not going to tag along. I am capable of entertaining myself for a few hours, you know."

Knowing it would do him no good to argue Harry quickly got dressed and went to the edge of the property to apparate.

When he arrived at the Arrow's stadium Harry was confused when he found both the pitch and locker rooms empty. He sped up as he climbed the stairs to the team offices, unnerved to find few people working. Finally, when he reached the administrative level he knew that something was very wrong. There was nobody waiting for him, he wasn't needed here.

His heart jumped to his throat and he ran down the stairs and across the pitch. As soon as he got beyond the stadium he apparated. Running up the path to the cottage he began calling to his lover.

"Remus! Are you here!" He yelled, running through the kitchen, checking his room and the guestroom as well. "Remus! Answer me! Remus!"

He rounded the corner and stopped dead. The living room was a disaster. It was obvious there had been a fight. Furniture was knocked over and there were pieces of broken glass on floor dotted with blood. Remus was gone.

Fear gripped Harry and held tight. It was obvious that Remus had been taken somewhere against his will and Harry had let it happen. How could he leave the other man alone when things were so dangerous for him? He took a deep breath and went to the floo.

Tossing the powder in he called out "Kingsley Shacklebolt!"

Soon Kingsley's bald head appeared in the flames. Harry was desperately trying to keep control long enough to explain what happened.

"It's Remus! They've got him. They got me out of the house and they took him somewhere. There's blood," he managed to gasp out.

"Try to calm down. We'll find him. I'm going to call Sirius. You can't go after him alone. I can't leave right now, " said the auror.

Harry nodded, he should have told Sirius about the threats from the start. Maybe there was something he didn't think of they could have done to protect Remus.

Sirius came through the floo and wrapped his arms around his godson. "Kingsley told me what's going on. Don't worry, we're going to find him and bring him home."

Harry took the opportunity to bury his head in his godfather's shoulder while Sirus kept talking.

"Kingsley gave me a list of possible locations, we'll start checking them one by one. They won't just kill him, they'll want to mess with his head for a while and that gives us time. It's a good thing Kingsley was already investigating or we wouldn't even know where to start. Let's go."

"Sirius, before we go you should know that Remus and I.." Harry started but Sirius cut him off.

"I know, and it's okay. As long as you are both happy I can learn to live with it, now let's go find your werewolf."

Sirius showed Harry the list of locations and they apparated together to the first spot, an abandoned cottage just south of London. A curse ready on his lips Harry followed Sirius through the door and his heart sank when they found the shack empty.

"Don't let it get to you," Sirius said, "We've got a whole list to check. We'll find him."

"The longer they have him the worse its going to be. You know that."

Sirius just gave him a solemn nod and said, "Let's go."

The next location was a cave on the coast of Wales. Sirius again led the way as they slipped through the small mouth of the cave. Once again there was no sign of human activity.

"Next one," said Sirius his voice gruff and they apparated to a warehouse in a run-down part of muggle London. Sirius carefully levitated Harry so he could see in the high windows that ran the length of the building. Sure enough he spotted the three men they had been investigating in a corner. On the floor, covered in blood and chained to wall, was Remus.